This ICC Guide on Disability Inclusion in Arbitration and ADR (the ‘Guide’) is intended to provide practical  guidance on how disability inclusion can become a standard feature of arbitration and other forms of  alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Until now, disability inclusion has received little attention within the  arbitration and ADR community. This Guide is intended to place disability on the same plane as other  characteristics protected by law, each of which is equally deserving of inclusion. 

The recommendations and toolkit provided in Section 1 of this Guide address how arbitration and ADR  practitioners can – and must – improve inclusion for persons with disabilities in arbitration and ADR. The  toolkit provides resources practitioners can use to pursue best practices in disability inclusion in their  own practice. It intends to shift the burden from persons with disabilities ensuring that all participants  take part in the conversation about how to advance disability inclusion.

Section 2 of this Guide explains how disability is best understood in the context of arbitration and ADR. 

Section 3 provides a more detailed discussion of disability inclusion in arbitration and ADR, focusing on  reasonable accommodation to enable persons with disabilities to participate equally in arbitration and  ADR activities, as well as the impact such accommodation might have on the arbitral and other ADR  processes.